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Lieberman, Inouye To Keep Senate Defense Panel Roles

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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford The leadership of Senate defense panels will not be altered as much as previously thought next year after Democrats yesterday allowed Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I/D-Conn.) to remain chairman of the Senate Armed Services Airland subcommittee. Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) also confirmed he will to keep the Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee (SAC-D) chairmanship he now holds when he is promoted to chair the full appropriations panel in the new session that starts in January. That committee change has not been…

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